Orszag discusses political economy

MAGGIE ROWLAND / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Drawing on experience from both his time in government and his current position in the private sector as vice chairman of global banking at Citigroup, Inc., Peter Orszag outlined the three main features of the current political and economic situation to a crowd in Silsby Hall on Wednesday.

Lynge talks future of Inuit people

Emily Brigstocke / The Dartmouth Greenlandic Inuit welcome the possibility of economic opportunity that comes with the growing international interest in regional oil and mineral resources but worry about the effect it may have on their environment and traditional lifestyle, Aqqaluk Lynge, chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, said in a lecture to a packed Filene Auditorium Tuesday afternoon. Greenland has one of the most extensive green energy programs in the world, with over 60 percent of its electricity coming from hydropower, he said.

Murray discusses living with HIV

SAMANTHA OH / The Dartmouth Staff Upon learning he was HIV-positive at the age of 20, Todd Murray began planning his funeral.

Some students prefer transfer terms to FSPs

DENNIS NG / The Dartmouth Staff Although College representatives said they believe Dartmouth-run foreign study programs and language study abroad programs are more valuable for student learning than transfer terms, students interviewed by The Dartmouth said that transfer terms offer more academic and geographic flexibility than College-run programs, which typically offer credit through a single academic department.

Women remain minority at Thayer

PATTON LOWENSTEIN / The Dartmouth Staff Although Dartmouth's engineering program stands out for its relatively high number of female engineering students, students interviewed by The Dartmouth said the Thayer School of Engineering should do more to reach out to incoming female students who may be unsure of their academic interests. Nationally, less than 20 percent of engineering degrees are awarded to women, but approximately 33 percent of Dartmouth's engineering students are female, according to Thayer's assistant Dean for Academic and Student Affairs Carrie Fraser '87.

Prof. presents empirical support for nonviolence

Yomalis Rosario / The Dartmouth Staff The notion that violent insurgency can effectively enact change around the world is a myth, according to Erica Chenoweth, Wesleyan University government and co-author of "Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict." Chenoweth's lecture the final installment of the College's annual celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.

EKT fire displaces 23 members

Students seek spring internship funds

Liberal arts curriculum still beneficial, prof. says